Santa Barbara County is a quiet sanctuary of golden hills and well-groomed vineyards located three hours north of the glitter and bustle of Los Angeles. This is the place we call home. For more than 20 years, we have produced estate grown Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah from our benchland vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley AVA of Santa Barbara County. Welcome to Cambria.

Light ruby red color. Flavor of cherry, strawberry, blueberry.
On palate, this wine is very elegant and fresh acidity is really comfortable, and finish is long. Drinking this wine is kind of experience of healing. Very good.

Though not usually a big fan of pinot noir, I really enjoyed this one. Cinnamon seems to pop out first followed by a nice fruitiness and a bit of earthiness. It struck me as well balanced and quite smooth in texture. The flavors and medium body paired ...

Very clear, pale redd/orange. Gradual gradient from outer edge to center. Sweet red berry (strawberry) on the nose with just a hint of alcohol. Big, bright fruit (strawberry and raspberry). Nicely balanced with natural acidity. Great wine for the price!

Slightly balsamic and beefy on the nose with juniper- and vanilla-topped sliced plum fruit. Rather smooth on entry and a little compact in the mouth with milk chocolate-framed red cherry and red plum fruits on the palate. There's a nice accent of wood ...

This is a wonderful wine. Light in color with a little amber at the edges. This wine has an impressive amount of tannin and acidity for a pinot noir. Not overly fruity but there is a very good balance. Earthy and smoky notes are intertwined with th...

Papaya and fennel seed greet the nose followed by notes of mint, pollen and pears. This has an unusual set of aromas, but they are intriguing. Nicely full in the mouth, yet this has a glassy tautness on the palate. The fruit is subtle, showing some gen...

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After much agony and discernment, I have chosen the official wine for my Super Bowl party this year. Over the 9 years I've hosted this event, it is probably the least exotic selection, not to mention least expensive. Given the fact chili is the main dish (oh please, don't turn your nose. After all, we're American pigskin fans, not Bolsheviks), ...
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So, I finally re-introduced myself to Zinfandel. I bought a half bottle of Seghesio Sonoma '12. I decantered it for 1 hour and ate it with spaghetti w/tomato-basil sauce. The wine was dominated by the alcohol -- 14.8% -- and while I tasted black fruit and a very interesting roasted sage note on the mid-palate, the alcohol drive of the wine ma...
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Get this: If you fly to Walla Walla on Alaska Airlines, you get fee waivers to tasting rooms and Alaska lets you check a case of wine.That's really smart marketing for an up and coming area, if you ask me. Probably helps Alaska to fill out those seats, too. Other than wine lovers, can't be a ton of folks going to Walla Walla.So, DVogler, will ...
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Chardonnay, oh Chardonnay. You really don’t have to be any better, do you? Back in the day when I lead staff tastings in retail we had Chardonnay tastings some four times a year. It’s the only time people would call in sick in order to opt out of staff tastings. The wines, at all price points, vary so much in style and quality that you were sure...
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Tight and sandy on the nose with hints of hay, vanilla and toasty oak covering a core of sour apple and pithy citrus fruit with a sweet gingery edge. Moderately big and soft in the mouth, though showing good clarity to the fruit which is zesty and bright. Lime tinged flavors of crisp apple and pineapple flow across the palate with a nice veneer ...
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Really love the nose - porto-like raisiny oak notes, with toasted marshmallow and hints of mango. The wood doesn't extend into the body where the black fruit takes hold, with soft tannins + acids.
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Wine review
by
Chris Carpita

November 2012

It’s the holiday season and everyone is recommending Pinot Noir again. What is it with folks, do they just like to take the path of least resistance? Will there come a day when Pinot is not the end all of holiday wine recommendations? Probably not. Lambrusco and Blaufrankisch have a whole set of issues that will prevent them from ever garnering ...
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Slightly balsamic and beefy on the nose with juniper- and vanilla-topped sliced plum fruit. Rather smooth on entry and a little compact in the mouth with milk chocolate-framed red cherry and red plum fruits on the palate. There's a nice accent of wood spice adding some detail here, though it turns into a more assertive cedary overlay on the back...
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